The words rocked me to my core, right there in the middle of the home section of Target.

It was one of the best and most timely things I ever gave her.
It’s about making your kids happy even when you don’t remember the meaning of the word. It’s about putting the smile on their faces that you wish you could put on your own.
You’ll have to forgive me if all of this is still a bit raw.
I may not have “gotten” it, but friends don’t need to “get” it. They just need to show you support. I hadn’t shown him support and it hurt to realize it.
His death doesn’t feel like part of some lesson. It just feels unfair.
Cherish the time you have on Earth…or don’t. Whatever. Either way, your time here is limited.
It’s not until the movie has ended, that you can talk about it as a whole.
I thought about what it would be like to go back and tell myself in 2011 all that was about to happen.
I’ve made a lot of changes since that day in 2012 but it didn’t happen overnight…